Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 0°06′♉︎ Taurus 28°09′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 18°07′♊︎ Gemini 14°06′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°33′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°14′♏︎ Scorpio 8°27′
- Mercury23 days♉︎ Taurus 0°57′♈︎ Aries 19°15′
- Mars72 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°20′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°58′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 7°50′♌︎ Leo 25°32′
- Saturn137 days♉︎ Taurus 3°38′♈︎ Aries 26°49′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 1°03′♉︎ Taurus 29°05′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 12°54′♍︎ Virgo 26°48′
- Jupiter117 days♉︎ Taurus 20°48′♉︎ Taurus 10°48′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 22°24′♊︎ Gemini 18°22′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°49′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 18 Dec 2615 – 6 Jan; 6 Apr – 29 Apr; 9 Aug – 2 Sept; 30 Nov – 20 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Sept – 19 Oct
Mars retrograde: 5 May – 16 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept – 4 Jan 2617
Saturn retrograde: 15 Aug – 29 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 24 Sept 2615 – 21 Feb; 27 Sept – 25 Feb 2617
Neptune retrograde: 11 Feb – 20 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 30 Aug 2615 – 11 Feb; 30 Aug – 11 Feb 2617
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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